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Russian saboteurs burned down a Berlin factory to hit weapons supplies to Ukraine. Just one problem the facility made car parts.

Diehl Metal's parent company makes the IRIS-T anti-air system given to Ukraine, but the factory hit…

Matthew Loh   


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Russian forces have hit on a cheap way to foil US precision weapons in Ukraine

The Pentagon said some US GPS-guided weapons given to Ukraine had been repeatedly stopped by Russia…

Chris Panella   


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North Korea appears to have tested a missile tipped with a hypersonic weapon that could evade the air defenses of US bases

The missile tested by North Korea on Sunday used a new kind of fuel making it tougher to detect.

Tom Porter   


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China's rapidly expanding nuclear weapon stockpile remains opaque

Without providing the world with any word of explanation, in the past five years the People's Liber…

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US Army tests new missile set to replace ATACMS, weapons Ukraine has used to punish Russia's helicopter fleet

The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program is meant to provide field artillery units with extended…

Jake Epstein   


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New UK laser weapon could be used against Russian drones in Ukraine, British defense secretary says

UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps aims to accelerate production of the DragonFire laser system for …

Cameron Manley   


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Cannons and machine guns are being tested as drone-killers in 2 wars

Israel and Ukraine are at the forefront of efforts to find cost-effective weapons to down low-flyin…

Paul Iddon   


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Russia has brought out its S-500, an 'experimental' weapon it's never used before, Ukrainian spy chief says as Ukraine hunts air defenses in Crimea

Russia only has one S-500 and has never used it before. Ukraine says it's now deployed to defend ag…

Chris Panella   


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Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago

Radioactive Bavarian boars eat truffles contaminated by fallout from both Chernobyl and nuclear wea…

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Britain says it is developing a radio-wave weapon that can take out a swarm of drones for just $0.12 a shot

The UK has unveiled an energy weapon under development that it says could take out a swarm of drone…

Thibault Spirlet   


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Britain shows off a laser weapon that could take out drones for as little as $13

The DragonFire is capable of taking out aerial targets, and could revolutionise air defenses.

Tom Porter   


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US Navy warships shot down Iranian missiles with a weapon they've never used in combat before

The secretary of the Navy said American destroyers fired SM-3s to intercept Iranian ballistic missi…

Jake Epstein   


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The US Air Force's oldest bomber fired off a new hypersonic weapon in the Pacific, but the missile's future is uncertain

The missile's latest test could be its last, as the Air Force remains uncertain about its future af…

Chris Panella   


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Israel used a weapon it never has before to stop a missile as its enemies put every layer of its air-defense system to the test

The Arrow-3 system was deployed in 2017 and used on Thursday for the first time to engage a ballist…

Jake Epstein   


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Chinese media claims it doesn't fear Taiwan's new weapons that can strike deep into China

China may be more worried about a new Taiwanese strike missile than it is letting on.

Michael Peck   


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US soldiers just put the Army's new Precision Strike Missile to the test against a moving sea target in the Pacific

The Army said two of its next-generation Precision Strike Missiles successfully struck a moving mar…

Chris Panella   


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US Navy Super Hornets armed with SM-6s, a warship missile newly tested in combat, have been spotted in the Pacific

The ship-fired weapon looks to be getting a new role as a long-range air-to-air missile that could …

Jake Epstein   


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Reports of Russia building nuclear space weapons have alarmed officials, but security experts aren't panicked — yet

CNN reported that US officials have been briefed on a sort of nuclear EMP device designed to "destr…

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert   


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Putin's new nuclear-powered cruise missile, one of his so-called 'super weapons,' is unnecessary but not totally useless, nuclear weapons expert says

Even if Putin's claim of a successful test of the Burevestnik is true, it doesn't really change muc…

Chris Panella   


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Trump's ex-national security advisor wants to restart US nuke testing. Nuclear experts warn that's not a good idea.

Robert O'Brien's call to restart nuclear weapons testing was met with resounding criticism from exp…

Chris Panella